Ranch dressing is actually a fifth state of matter known as soft matter. Soft matter can have properties of both liquids and ...

Scientists have transformed light into a supersolid, a breakthrough merging solid and liquid properties in quantum physics.

At first, the photons settle into a state with zero momentum, but as this state 'fills up', pairs of photons begin to spill ...

Scientists have found that water, under extreme pressure and cold temperatures, can split into two different liquid phases.

For the first time, researchers transformed light into a quantum crystalline structure to create a "supersolid" that's both ...

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Squishy materials can also exhibit shear thickening – they become more rigid the harder you try to deform them. This is how ...

Solids. Liquids. Gases. Since grade school, people have been told these classical states of matter define the universe.

A team of Italian scientists has successfully made light behave like a supersolid for the first time. Published in Nature ...

Scientists have observed photons behaving as a supersolid, a unique quantum state where particles form a rigid structure but ...

A plasma instability has been photographed for the first time, showcasing electron beams forming spaghetti-like filaments.

Solid, liquid and gas. The three states of matter provide a host of different investigations for children in KS2 to get their hands on. The lessons in this free download start with foundational ...